Carriage-curtain fastener



(No Model.)

S. P. SCOTT.

CARRIAGE CURTAIN FASTBNBR. No. 399,934. Patented Mar. 19, 1889.

LEEQJ'EK SAMUEL P. SCOTT, OF IIILLSBOROUGH, OHIO.

CARRIAGE-CURTAIN FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,934, dated March 19, 1889.

Application filed December 3, 1888. Serial No. 292,500. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL P. SCOTT, of I-lillsborough, in the county of lzlighland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oarriage-Ourtain Fasteners; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a side view of my improved carriage-curtain fastener in position for use. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, showing its different posit-ions by the aid of dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a central section through the fastener. Fig. 4. is a detail view of the locking-ring. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the locking-pin.

This invention is an improvement in fastenings or buttons for the curtains of vehicles; and its object is to provide an adjustable or looking button the working parts of which will be protected from the weather and entirely concealed from view.

To this end the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts of the fastener hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings by letter, XV designates a rib or portion of the body of a vehicle, and X the curtain thereof, having an oval eyelet protected by a metallic guard, 00,

as shown.

The buttons or fastenings for the curtain are made as follows:

A designates a base-piece having a central bore, a, that is reduced at bottom, forming an annular shoulder therein, upon which is seated a coiled spring, hereinafter mentioned. The outer edge of this opening is surrounded by an annular flange, a, which is formed integral with base A.

B is a pin passed through the opening in base A and secured thereto in the contracted portion of said opening, its sides being milled or roughened at the proper point, I), to insure the rigid fastening thereof. The portion of the pin below base A may be screw-threaded or sharpened to attach the latter in position. A coiled spring, C, seated in opening a, surrounds the outer portion of pin B and bears against an annular collar, D, which fits loosely on the upper end of the pin and is retained thereon by two lugs, I) Z), which extend laterally from opposite sides of the outer end of the pin, and are preferably formed integral therewith. Collar D has its periphery milled or roughened, and its upper or outer face, which bears against lugs 17, is provided with opposite pairs of slots, d d and d d, that are adapted to engage lugs Z) Z) when the collar is turned a quarter-circle and lock the latter in such position.

E is a metal cap or head, which has a closed bore, 6, in its inner side slightly less in diameter than collar D, and said collar is secured in the bore by seating it therein with a suitable tool at a little distance from the end of the bore, as shown in Fig. The milled edges of the collar bite the side of the bore and securely retain the collar therein.

The parts of the fastener described being assembled, the collar D is slipped on pin B, with its slotted face next lugs t). Collar D is then suitably forced into the opening 6 of a head, E, thus securely attaching the head to the pin, but permitting it to play slightly up and down on the pin sufficiently to permit lugs 11 to be disengaged from the slots of the collar, so that the collar and head may be turned independently of the pin or locked thereto. A spring, G, is next slipped on pin B and seated against collar D. Then a base, A, is slipped on the pin, the end of spring 0 entering bore a and-seating itself on the shoulder therein, and base A is pushed toward head E until the annular flange a has entered the mouth of bore 6. The pin is then rigidly fastened to base A, and the parts are thus in the position shown in Fig. 3, and the spring, collar, and lugs of the pin are completely protected and hidden in the recesses of the base and head, and flange a effectually prevents dirt entering the recesses. The spring C, bearing against collar D, forces it and head E away from base A, the parting of the head and base being limited in extent, however, so that flange a cannot disengage opening 6 entirely, but suffieient play is allowed head E to permit it when forced inward to disengage collar D and lugs I). hen thus disengaged, the head can be turned parallel with or at right anin the manner described.

gles across the base, as indicated, and locked in either position.

To fasten a curtain, the head E should be parallel with base A. The curtain is buttoned thereover, the head being properly rounded to facilitate this operation, and the curtain is pressed down around base A, freeing head E. The latter is then pressed down to disengage the collar and lugs, and, turned at right angles across the base and released, the concealed spring forces the head outward and locks it in the angular position across the base. The projecting edges of the head when in this position retain the curtain on the base.

I prefer making the fastener of the parts However, the base A might be formed with an attaching-shank and the pin 13 shortened and secured thereto without projecting therethrough.

Various other modifications might be employed in the construction of the fastener without avoiding its essential features, which is the placing of the locking devices within the head or so forming the parts that the locking mechanism is entirely covered and protected.

The collar D may have points formed on its periphery, as indicated, and after it is forced in head E a blow with a hammer on the side of the head compresses the same and securely binds the collar in position. Stem B is similarly attached to base A. The base-piece and head are oval in crosssection, and the buttonhole of the curtain is also oval, so that when the curtain is buttoned on the base-piece and the head turned transversely of the base it will project beyond the sides of the latter and retain the curtain, as indicated in the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, I claim' 1. The combination of the base and the movable head having a closed bore, with the pin provided 'with lugs 011 its end, the collar on said pin secured in the bore of the head, and the controlling-spring, also concealed in said bore, all substantially as described.

2. The combination of the base and pin attached thereto having lugs on its outer end, with a movable head having a closed bore, the collar placed on said pin and secured in the bore of the head and provided with slots engaging the lugs, and the coiled spring surrounding the pin and bearing against the collar and the base, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the base having a central shouldered bore, the pin passed therethrough and secured thereto, the coiled spring, and the collar on said pin, with the movable head having a closed bore covering the ends of the pin and spring, and in which the collar is secured, all substantially as described.

4. The combination of the base A, having a central opening and an annular flange, as described, the pin secured thereto having lugs 011 its upper end, and the coiled spring surrounding the outer portion of the pin, with the slotted collar D, playing on said pin, and the head E, having a bore in which collar D is seated and fitted over the end of the pin, substantially as described.

5. The combination of the base A, having a central shouldered opening-and flange, a, and the pin B, projecting through and secured to said base, and having lugs 12 Z) on its outer end, with the coiled spring 0, the milled and notched collar D, and the head E, having a closed bore, 6, all constructed and arranged substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL l SCOTT.

lVitnesses:

0. WV. GAMBLE, M. O. GARRETT. 

